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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Wales · Local authority
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Bridgend County Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Bridgend website
8,511 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Dec 2001 to 20 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 27 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Source: Welsh Government / DataMapWales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
5 Austin Avenue Laleston Bridgend Cf32 Olg
Received 26 Aug 2005Longlands Quarry Corntown Road Bridgend Cf35 5Ba
Received 9 Aug 200527 Glynstell Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3NN
Received 26 Aug 2009Principality House Main Avenue Litchard Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 2BB
Received 26 Jul 201136 Eleanor Close Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6RD
Received 11 Nov 20132 Seaview Heol Y Felin Heol Y Cyw Bridgend CF35 6NL
Received 24 Feb 201217 Meadow Walk Brackla Bridgend CF31 2EW
Received 23 Jun 201132 The Chase Brackla CF31 2JH
Received 12 Apr 2018Carreg Llwyd Heol Spencer Coity CF35 6AU
Received 18 Oct 202335A John Street Porthcawl CF36 3AP
Received 21 Feb 2025Gilfach Orfydd Blackmill Bridgend Cf35 6Eg
Received 18 Oct 2005St Johns School Church Street Newton Porthcawl CF36 5SJ
Received 19 Oct 20235 Beech Grove Danygraig Porthcawl CF36 5DP
Received 4 Apr 2013Bryn Sarn Sarn Hill Sarn CF32 9RW
Received 10 Mar 202225 Oakwood Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9UA
Received 23 Dec 2010Flat 24 Anchor Bar & Marine Flats The Esplanade Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3YR
Received 3 Feb 201046 West Road Bridgend CF31 4HQ
Received 22 Jan 20197 Talana Terrace Maesteg CF34 0RP
Received 16 Aug 2018Treetops 6 Y Llest Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4NA
Received 20 Feb 2008Lidl Foodstore, Maesteg Road, Tondu, CF32 9DP
Received 14 Feb 2008Greenacres Laleston Bridgend CF32 0HN
Received 11 May 2011120 Llwydarth Road Maesteg CF34 9EU
Received 22 Oct 20155 The Smallholdings Coity Bridgend Cf35 6Bw
Received 19 Dec 20057 West End Avenue Porthcawl CF36 3NE
Received 25 Jul 2014Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
Planning procedures in Wales differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Bridgend County Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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